1. What is the European Regional Economic Forum (EREF 2009)?
EREF – European Regional Economic Forum is organized under auspices of the Committee of Regions, annually in Nova Gorica, Slovenia by Slovenian Business & Research Association (SBRA), Slovenian Government’s Department for Local Government and Regional Policy, and Municipality of Nova Gorica for the EREF Network, initially composed of the following European regions: Baden Wuertenberg, Catalugna, Croatia, Emilia Romagna, Flanders, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lapland-Oulu, Lombardia, Scotland, Steiermark, Slovenia, Stockholm, Turkey, Valencia, and Wallonia.

3. Who is attending the European Regional Economic Forum (EREF 2009)?
•National, regional and local authority institutions (national, regional and local governments and their agencies, etc.)
•EU institutions, European associations, networks and brain-trusts
•Research, advisory, educational organisations, scientific and technology parks, excellence networks and centers, clusters, etc.
•Companies, business associations, banks, etc.
•National and regional associations and support organizations for SME’s (Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Chambers of Craft, EIC, etc.)

4. Participants from the following countries are invited to the Forum
•27 EU Member States
•Candidate countries Croatia, Turkey and Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia
•Potential Candidate and other countries from South-Eastern Europe (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania)

12.00 Contribution of international and regional entities towards human capital development and a more balanced brain circulation in the region •International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
•European Commission (IPA)
•UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, BRESCE
•Regional Cooperation Council, Sarajevo
•Task Force for Human Resource Development in Western Balkans

13.00–14.30 Lunch
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND MIGRATION MANAGEMENT IN EU
14.30 Education Systems and the Future Knowledge Society 1.Human Capital Situation in Europe – the qualitative and quantitative problems and possible solutions, Center for Human Capital of the Lisbon Council, Hamburg (proposed)
2.Bologna Process – overall assessment of achievements and problems, European University Association, speaker to be determined
3.E-learning and European Regions of Knowledge, Jasna Dominko Baloh, Director of DOBA Business School Maribor, Slovenia

15.15–15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 Strategies and Management Schemes for International Migrations of the highly skilled personnel •Future International Migrations, their contribution to Growth and Jobs: response of National and European Policies
•From brain-drain to brain circulation for sustainable global development
•Proactive International Migration Policies and the role of Regions

13.00–14.00 Lunch
14.00–14.40 Towards Forum Conclusions and Recommendations Reports from Preparatory Workshops and Presentation of Draft-Recommendations by the Rapporteurs 1.Workshop A: Role of Host Institutions in Researcher Exchange Programmes
2.Workshop B: E-Learning for SMEs
3.Workshop C: Lessons of Canadian Migration Policy
4.Workshop D: Communication with Brains and Business in Diaspora

14.40–15.00 Discussion
15.00 Comments on draft Recommendations by a senior representative of the European Commission
15.15 Adoption of Conclusions and Recommendations
15.30 Topic and date of EREF-2010 and Closure

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